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Renee Anderson / CBS News:
Andrew Cuomo weighing his options in NYC mayoral election and potential independent bid  —  Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, fresh off congratulating opponent Zohran Mamdani in New York City's mayoral primary election, is weighing his options for the November general election.
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Joe Anuta / Politico:
Zohran Mamdani to face a pugnacious rival in the embattled Eric Adams  —  The New York City mayor is looking for redemption in November.  —  NEW YORK — Now that he's all but won the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani enters a general election against incumbent Eric Adams …
Eric Levitz / Vox:
What Democrats can (and can't) learn from Zohran Mamdani's triumph
Bloomberg:
Mamdani's Shock Win Has Wall Street Fretting Over ‘Hot Commie Summer’
Discussion: The Japan Times
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Trump Slams NYC Mayoral Candidate Mamdani as ‘Communist Lunatic’
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Is Mamdani Really a Gift to Trump and the G.O.P.?
Associated Press:
Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
What the New York Mayoral Primary Means for Democrats
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Mamdani Wins Nadler's Endorsement as He Seeks to Unify Democrats
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump wages all-out fight for control of Iran strike narrative  —  President Trump is going to extraordinary lengths to defend his claim that U.S. airstrikes “obliterated” Iran's nuclear program, determined to cement the operation as a defining victory of his presidency.
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to limit sharing classified info with Congress after leak on Iran bombing damage … - The FBI also is investigating the leak, the sources said. … - “We are declaring a war on leakers,” a senior White House official said Wednesday.  — “The FBI is investigating the leak,” the source said.
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's new war  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  On the Playbook Podcast this morning, Jack and POLITICO's Megan Messerly discuss why the Trump administration is so upset at suggestions its bombing of Iran might have failed.
Punchbowl News:
6/26/25 ☀️ AM: … The discussions come as Senate Republican leaders are trying to ratchet up the pressure on wavering GOP senators to fall in line and meet their self-imposed July 4 deadline for sending a bill to President Donald Trump's desk.  —  Several Republican senators …
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and IJR
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thune faces brewing megabill mutiny  —  Sen. Thom Tillis warned his colleagues during a closed-door meeting Wednesday that he would not vote to take up the party's sweeping domestic policy bill without further clarity on Medicaid changes, a person granted anonymity to disclose private discussions said.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate GOP leaders make opening offer on hospitals fund
New York Times:
Rubio Fleshes Out Trump's Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. strikes had destroyed a facility that is key to turning highly enriched nuclear fuel into a working bomb.  He railed against a less optimistic U.S. intelligence report.
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Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Leavitt says Israel and Iran have debunked claims nuclear sites weren't destroyed
Garrett Owen / Salon:
“You have no credibility”: Lake grilled by House Committee over Voice of America cuts  —  Kari Lake was dressed down by representatives from both parties on her handling of government-funded media  —  While testifying before a House committee on Wednesday, Kari Lake faced severe criticism …
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Wired:
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls  —  Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC to hire former head of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hiring Lyn Redwood, a nurse and the former head of a group critics have denounced as anti-vaccine, to work in its vaccine safety office, multiple CDC officials tell CBS News.
Washington Post:
Trump DOJ sues all federal judges in Maryland over deportation order  —  Legal experts said the unusual lawsuit marks an escalation in the Trump administration's attacks on the U.S. judiciary.  —  Summary907  —  The Justice Department sued all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland …
Axios:
Norton's office walks back her desire to seek re-election — again  —  Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) keeps personally telling reporters she will run for re-election — only for her staff to walk it back. … - An hour-and-a-half-later, Norton's spokesperson Sharon Nichols told Axios: “No decision has been made.
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NBC News:
D.C. delegate in Congress insists for second time she's running for re-election. Her office again says no decision yet.
Discussion: Newsweek
Wall Street Journal:
Mediator Proposes $20 Million Settlement in Trump's CBS Suit  —  Potential package would include a donation, legal costs and public service announcements  —  A mediator has proposed that President Trump and Paramount Global settle his lawsuit over a CBS News “60 Minutes” …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early in Bid to Undermine Powell  —  Warsh, Hassett and Bessent are among those under consideration as Trump evaluates their commitment to cutting rates—and ‘made-for-TV’ appeal  —  President Trump's exasperation over the Federal Reserve's take-it-slow approach …
Dominique J. Baker / Brookings:
The U.S. Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics  —  As a country, we need to understand who goes to school, where, and what their experiences are.  It's hard to ensure that students have access to quality education without some basic information about our schools.
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Where Is Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?  —  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been seen publicly or heard from in nearly a week.  That absence has surprised and unnerved everyone from political insiders to the general public.  —  With the nation watching …
Discussion: NewsNation and NPR
Elizabeth Goitein / Just Security:
Trump's Use of Federal Troops in Drug Raid Outside of Los Angeles: An Alarming Escalation  —  Last week, federalized National Guard forces who were deployed in Los Angeles in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
ProPublica:
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement.  Here's What Happened When Georgia Tried It.  —  This article was produced for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Current.  Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
Discussion: CBS News, The Guardian, NPR, The Current and KFF
Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Border Czar Claims Death Threats Have Driven Him From Wife  —  DISPLACED  —  President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan says he has received so much hate for his positions on immigration that he is unable to live safely with his family.  In a podcast interview with the New York Post …
Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say - and could tear a continent apart  —  Rhythmic surges are like a ‘heartbeat’ under the ground  —  Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa - and it could tear the continent apart.
Reuters:
South African president sacks key coalition partner's deputy minister  —  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has removed from his position as deputy trade minister a politician from the Democratic Alliance (DA), a key coalition partner of Ramaphosa's party the African National Congress (ANC).
Discussion: Bloomberg
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘Criminal immigrant’ means whatever the administration says it means  —  Trump's deportation goals are being met by targeting non-criminal immigrants.  —  President Donald Trump being President Donald Trump, it certainly seems possible that he believed that the Maryland resident …
Politico:
House GOP issues new subpoenas, ramping up ActBlue investigation  —  The fundraising platform claims the probe is partisan and not related to lawmaking.  —  House GOP committees have issued new subpoenas to ActBlue, intensifying their probe of the Democratic fundraising platform.
 
 
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James Finn / NOLA.com:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr / CourtListener:
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